Oslo can't have been surprised by the existence of cold weather. Did they not contemplate any countermeasures, like heaters at the charging location or better insulating the batteries so the heat from discharging them and then recharging through regenerative braking keeps them warmer?
Toyota isn't based in Oslo either but they know how to make a vehicle that runs there, and the companies that don't generally don't do a lot of business there.
Electric buses in Oslo Norway (of all places) is a dictate of politics, not practicality. The people implementing the politics were likely warning about such oversights, but were rebuffed. They will gladly see it all fail, so that they may say: We told you so.
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